Lee, Arthur

Rank:

Corporal

Regiment:

Sherwood Foresters

Regimental No. & Battalion

13271

Status:

Research Notes

Lea Mills (photo)

Military Medal

Medal Roll

Victory, British War and 15 Star Medals. Discharged 19 October 1917. Served in Balkans prior to 31 December 1915

Army Record

Alderwasley. aged 21 years 174 days, clerk, attested Derby 25 Aug 1914, document dated 19/0ctober 1917 gived address as Meerbrook Whatstandwell, age on discharge 24 years 7 months; transferred to Class P Army Reserve as l/cprl 10 June 1917; discharged no longer fit for War Service 19 October 1917 KR 392 (xvi). Not to be compulsorily posted for service under the military Act. 1917

25 August 1914 attested
25 August 1914 posted
25 February 1915 unpaid Lance Corporal
24 march 1915 paid lance Corporal
25 July 1916 appointed acting corporal
5 October 1916 posted corporal
24 May 1915 posted
10 June 1917 transfered to Class P Army Reserve
19 October 1917 Discharged no longer physically fit for War Service

Home 25 August 1914 to 30 June 1915
Expeditionary Forces Medn. 1 July 1915 to 27 June 1916
Exp. Force France 28 June 1916 to 7 October 1916
Home 8 Oct 1916 to 19 Oct 1917

War badge 263032,
1914-15 Star

K.G. 8928

Father Benjamin Meerbrook Whatstandwell
Mother Sarah
Brother (elder) Middle Lodge, Whatstandwell

Height 5ft 4in, weight 130lb, brown eyes, light brown hair, C of E

Lea Mills

Corporal, VAD Hospital Shardlow

1901 Census: Alderwasley

1911 Census: Merebrook Cottage, Whatstandwell